That’s what the professional legacy media keeps telling me.  “We need to have this conversation“.    CNN’s Don Lemon told me 4 times in five minutes on Sunday.  “we need to have this conversation“.
It got me to thinking.   Twenty Five Years ago, I heard the same thing: “we need to have this conversation“….

1984 – Bernard Goetz:  Same crew said “we need to have this conversation.
1986 – Howard Beach:  Same crew said “we need to have this conversation.
1987 – Tawana Brawley:   Same crew said “we need to have this conversation.
1989 – Bensonhurst:   Same crew said “we need to have this conversation.
1991 – Crown Heights:  Same crew said “we need to have this conversation”
1991 – Rodney King:  Same crew said “we need to have this conversation”
1995 – Freddies Fashion Mart:  Same crew said “we need to have this conversation”
2006 – Sean King:  Same crew said “we need to have this conversation”
2012 – Trayvon Martin:  Same Crew now says “we need to have this conversation“.
But, In this century, black-on-black crime is the most insidious killer of black people, especially black men. 
According to federal crime statistics, homicide is the leading cause of death among African-American males ages 15 to 34.
These figures also indicate that between 1976 and 2004, 94 percent of black murder victims were killed by black offenders.  (stats)

Would you consider that maybe y’all are talking to the wrong guy?
I mean, I’ll have that conversation as long as you want.  But really, be honest, is the emphasis on the right syllable in that dialogue?
If you want to stop this……
You need to engage the conversation with them…..

….. NOT ME